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What are the Neighbors Up To?
May. 28, 2009 6:22 am
The Illinois Senate approved legislation yesterday that would legalize marijuana for medical uses. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
The measure would allow people suffering from unrelenting pain or nausea due to a narrow list of conditions - including cancer, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis or Crohn's disease - to use marijuana if prescribed by a doctor.
Opponents, of course, say this is madness, reefer madness. It still has to pass the Illinois House.
Physicians who prescribe the drug would have to have an established relationship with the patient.
Patients or their primary caregiver then would be allowed to grow marijuana in their home or visit a licensed dispensary to obtain their supply.
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